• Fine Gael TD for Cork South-Central
• Former Fine Gael Senator (Labour Panel)
• Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
• Entered the Seanad on 13 September 2007 — General election
• Left the Seanad on 29 November 2024 — Resigned
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Redundancy Payments, Ministerial Advisers, Proposed Legislation, Local Authority Funding, Health Services

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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2025)

“Steady, Tommy.”

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: EU Programmes (16 Oct 2025)

“I thank Deputy Smith for the question and for his leadership and advocacy. The Deputy is right. The projects, facilities and amenities in his area in particular are bringing huge, profound and important change. I thank the Deputy for being cochair of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly. The PEACEPLUS programme, which runs until 2029, has a total value of €1.1 billion and...”

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: EU Programmes (16 Oct 2025)

“I will make reference to the issue of the Cavan regional sports campus and give credit to Deputy Smith on that. This is about the reimagining of communities and investment in areas. It is a project that will bring, as the Deputy said, profound transformation to the area. It is a shared space. It represents a new type of modern Ireland and this facility, when it is developed, will be...”

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• Has spoken in 38 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among TDs.
• Has spoken in 319 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among Senators.
• Has received answers to 21 written questions in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• People have made 2 comments on this TD's speeches — well above average among TDs.
• People have made 2 comments on this Senator's speeches — well above average among Senators.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 15–16 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 47 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Jerry Buttimer speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 364 times in debates — average among TDs.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 2387 times in debates — well above average among Senators.
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